Jie Yang

Jie Yang is an assistant professor at the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba. He received his Ph.D. from the Schulich School of Business at York University. Dr. Yang’s research interests lie at the intersection of organization theory and strategy, specifically in how socially constructed ideas, such as institutions, identities, and categories, affect firms and individual behaviors and how firms and individuals react to those ideas. Dr. Yang’s research has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Management and Research Policy and featured in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Before joining Asper, Dr. Yang was an assistant professor of strategic management at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Yang has taught Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship courses at SUNY and York University since 2017.

• Product market competition 
• International management 
• Category and status 
• Social evaluation 

• Strategic Management 

Li, S. X., Yao, X., & Yang, J. (2024). Ecological Examination of Mortality Rate in an Infant Industry: The Roles of Legitimacy and Illegitimacy. Journal of Management, 01492063241248097.

Mohammad, S., Yang, J., & Butt, I. (2024). Does Corruption Have a Sanding or Greasing Impact on Innovation? Reconciling the Contrasting Perspectives through a Systematic Literature Review. Research Policy, 53(7), 105036.

Yang, J. & Mohammad, S. (2023). Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease? The Effect of Emerging Market MNEs on Host Country Corruption. International Business Review, 32(3), 102066.

Yang, J. & Li, S. X. (2023). Bundle Up before You Go: Toward a Bundle Approach to Product Categorization. Journal of Management, 49(5): 1695-1737.

Yang, J. (2018). Subnational Institutions and Location Choice of Emerging Market Firms. Journal of International Management. 24(4): 317-332.